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Don Quijote raises Origin stake

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Yoshio Takahashi

Updated Feb. 16, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

TOKYO -- Discount-store operator Don Quijote Co. said it raised its stake in Origin Toshu Co. to more than 46%, signaling that it hasn't given up a fight to take over the Japanese delicatessen operator.

The announcement follows an acknowledgment last week by Tokyo-based Don Quijote that a tender offer for Origin Toshu had failed.